Australian ISIS brides beg for mercy after their killer husbands left them stranded in Syrian detention camps

Australian wives and children of Islamic State killers have pleaded to be allowed back into the country after years of being locked in a Syrian detention camp. A group of 12 women and 22 children - aged between five and 56 - who left Australia to join male partners who were fighting for ISIS have been kept in the al-Roj detention camp in north-east Syria for up to four years. A group of 12 Australian women and 22 children, aged between five and 56, are sitting ducks in the al-Roj detention camp in north-east Syria, where many of them have been for four years The camp, which is near the Iraqi border, consists of dozens of tents set up on a field of dirt and gravel, enclosed by a metal fence. The camp, which is near the Iraqi border, consists of dozens of tents set up on a field of dirt and gravel, enclosed by a metal fence In November last year, the Federal Court dismissed an application from charity Save The Children Australia for the Australian government to repatriate the women and children still detained. Al-Roj is home to around 2,600 detainees from 55 countries, many of them ISIS brides and their children Many of those living in the camp are unable to secure fresh food, clean water and medicine 'What I find difficult to comprehend is that the Australian Government could end their suffering right now by bringing them home and providing the chance for a real life, but our political leaders are choosing not to act.